Job 20:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ That the triumphing of the wicked is short,a and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? ”

Job 20:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That the triumphing - The word “triumphing” here ( רננה r e nânâh ),” shouting, rejoicing” - such a shouting as people make after a victory, or such as occurred at the close of harvesting...
Job 20:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 20. Second Speech of Zophar. Zophar helps the return to the wider problem by appearing once more with a strong doctrine as to the shortness of the prosperity of the wicked. His theme is, Sin br...
Job 20:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wicked . lawless. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44. dung. See note on Isaiah 25:10 .
Job 20:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 470 AGAINST HYPOCRISY Job 20:4-7 . Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a mo...
Job 20:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Job 20:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Knowest thou not, &c.— The latter clause of Job 20:4 might as well have been rendered, Since Adam was placed on the earth. There is no reason to doubt but that this passage refers to the fa...
Job 20:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? Hypocrite - literally, the ungodly ( Psalms 37:35-36 ).
Job 20:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zophar's Second Speech Zophar ignores Job's conviction that God will one day establish his innocence, and proceeds to describe the short triumph of the wicked and his certain downfall and punishme...
Job 20:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The triumphing of the wicked is short. — He affirms that the destruction of the wicked is not only certain, but speedy. (Comp. Psalms 103:16 and Job 7:8 ; Job 7:10 .)
Job 20:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XVII. IGNORANT CRITICISM OF LIFE Job 20:1-29 ZOPHAR SPEAKS THE great saying that quickens our faith and carries thought into a higher world conveyed no Divine meaning to the man from Naamah....
Job 20:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Triumphing of the Wicked” Job 20:1-29 Zophar is the man who least of all understood Job. The rebuke which Job had just administered, Job 19:28-29 , has vexed him, so that he speaks with i...
Job 20:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

With evident haste, Zophar replied. His speech is introduced with an apology for his haste and a confession of his anger. He had heard the reproof, but he was not convinced; and the spirit of his und...
Job 20:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, (5) That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? (6) Though his excellency mount up to...
Job 20:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short ,.... Their outward prosperity and felicity, of which they make their boast, and in which they glory and triumph for a while; at first Job's friends set...
Job 20:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment? Ver. 5. That the triumphing of the wicked is short ] Heb. That the shouting of the wicked is from nea...
Job 20:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Knowest thou not this Which I am now about to say; of old From the experience of all former ages; since man was placed upon the earth Since the world was made, and there were any men to observ...
Job 20:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE WICKED MAN'S BRIEF TRIUMPH (vv.1-5) Zophar does not even consider the possibility that Job is not wicked, but again strongly condemns the wicked, making it evident that he is really speaking...
Job 20:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Second Address of Zophar; Destruction of the Wicked. B. C. 1520. 1 Then answered Zophar...
Job 20:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Is short, Heb. is from near , i.e. from or for a little time; they have not long enjoyed it, and it will shortly vanish. The joy of the hypocrite: this he adds by way of reflection upon Job, who...
Job 20:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ZOPHAR’S SECOND SPEECH Produces nothing new; much more outspoken than before. Enlarges on the miseries overtaking the wicked, insinuating that Job was such. His argument,—like in condition, like...
Job 20:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 20:2 . I make haste to answer, for thou reproachest both God and us. Zophar had felt the point of Job's sword, in the preseding discourse; but the present chapter may well be considered as a m...
Job 20:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

That the triumphing of the wicked is short. The triumph of the wicked The words of the text are indisputably true, though misapplied. In the world there is, alas! very often a triumphing of the...
Job 20:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 20:1-18 Zophar's second speech is even more harsh than his first ( Job 11:1-18 .). He adds coarseness and rudeness to his former vehement hostility ( Job 20:7 , Job 20:15 )....
Job 20:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zophar States Why he must Speak
Job 20:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 12:22 ; Acts 12:23 ; Esther 5:11 ; Esther 5:12 ; Esther 7:10 ; Exodus 15:10 ; Exodus 15:9 ; Galatians 6:4 ; James 4:16 ; Job 15:29-34 ; Job 18:5 ; Job 18:6 ; Job 27:13-23 ; Job 27:...

Job 20:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 20:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 20:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 20:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Job 20:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 20:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 20:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 20:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 20:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 20:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 20:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 20:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 20:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 20:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 20:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 20:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 20:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 20:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 20:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 20:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 20:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 20:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 20:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 20:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 20:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge